The Inferior Five #3

(July-August 1967)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Darwin of the Apes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Inferior Five / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

jungle; satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

The Inferior Five: Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather
Darwin of the Apes [John Claypoole, Lord Gravestone]; Jayne; Akute; Chief Geronimo; J. Egbert Hoopoe; Dr. Livingroom

Synopsis

The Inferior Five and Darwin of the Apes search for Dr. Livingroom.

Reprints

• in Maniaks (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #6 (3ème trimestre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

Inferi-plane; Lukewarm Line

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Make Your Summer Count! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Kids; recreation supervisor; Mr. Gray

Synopsis

Rather than laze about, the kids learn how to do something fun and useful at the same time.

Indexer Notes

PSA in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ? (credited as The Editor)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, all we can say is that the response has been absolutely tremedous.

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers James Machlinski, Sally Steele, George Ramer, Jim Tucker and Pete Wallisch.
Precedes page 9 of the main sequence.

Part II: The Treehouse of the August Moon! (Table of Contents: 7)

Inferior Five / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

jungle; satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

The Inferior Five: Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather
Darwin of the Apes; Jayne; Akute; Luau; Cheetah; Jam-Bala-Ya

Synopsis

Darwin tracks Dr. Livingroom's scent to Oompah, lost colony of Atlantis.

Reprints

• in Maniaks (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #6 (3ème trimestre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

Lost city

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6525

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll buy that Aurora Thunderjet model car.

Genre

humor

Characters

Cap; customer

Synopsis

Cap's customer buys an HO model for a girl.

Indexer Notes

Shares a page with page 16 of the main sequence.

Saga of the Inferior Five (Table of Contents: 9)

The Fanatical Fans Squawk! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?; Bill Mantlo

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As all Fanatical Fans probably surmise, we get all kids of things in the mail: Kittens, left-handed rings, French rolls, money. etc.

Indexer Notes

Fan and later pro writer Bill Mantlo sends in a poem. Precedes page 17 of the main sequence.

Part III: Darwin and the Fools in Oompah! (Table of Contents: 10)

Inferior Five / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

jungle; satire-parody; superhero; humor

Characters

The Inferior Five: Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather
Darwin of the Apes; Dr. Livingroom; Luau; J. Egbert Hoopoe; men of Oompah; women of Oompah; Tantrum

Synopsis

The searchers find Dr. Livingroom, but Luau immediately offers them for human sacrifice. They escape with help from Darwin's elephant friend, Tantrum.

Reprints

• in Maniaks (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #6 (3ème trimestre 1971) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

Elephant; human sacrifice; lost city

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Gold Crown (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Gold Crown / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Mighty Muscles Muscle Builder / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Strong Man Tricks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Destination Moon (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)